# Joshua Bryant

Joshua Bryant (born Joseph Bryant; July 2, 1940 – June 25, 2024) was an American actor, director, author, and speaker who was the founder of the Taos Talking Pictures Film Festival in Taos, New Mexico.

## Early life and education

Bryant was born in Norfolk, Virginia. After attending the Pasadena Playhouse College of Theater Arts and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and serving for three years in the Signal Corps, he began a career in the theater that eventually led to his guest-starring in several television shows.

## Career

Bryant's movie credits have included acting roles in films and television movies, such as The Curious Female (1970), Black Noon (1971), Enter the Devil (1972), A Scream in the Streets (1973), The Morning After (1974), Trapped Beneath the Sea (1974), Framed (1975), The Night That Panicked America (1975), Maneaters Are Loose! (1978), Salem's Lot (1979), First Monday in October (1981), Gone Are the Dayes (1984), The Education of Allison Tate (1986), and Project Eliminator (1991) He was also active in television, including guest roles on Columbo, Kojak, Little House on the Prairie, M*A*S*H (three episodes), The Rockford Files (four episodes), The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Barnaby Jones (four episodes).
For four years, Bryant hosted the syndicated series, Game Warden Wildlife Journal.

## Personal life and death

In June 2018, Bryant told Le Populaire du Centre newspaper that he had decided to leave the United States with his wife, Melinda Mullins, if the Bush administration invaded Iraq. In response to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Bryant and his wife organized or sold all their property and relocated to the Limousin region of France.
Bryant died in Maisonnais-sur-Tardoire, France on June 25, 2024, at the age of 83. He was survived by his wife, Melinda Mullins.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1970 | The Curious Female | Dr. Tower |
| 1972 | Enter the Devil | Glenn |
| 1973 | A Scream in the Streets | Officer Ed Haskell |
| 1975 | Framed | Andrew Ney |
| 1981 | First Monday in October | Bill Russell |
| 1986 | The Education of Allison Tate | Richard Tate |
| 1991 | Project Eliminator | Dr. Markson |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1968 | Cimarron Strip | Lieutenant | Episode: "Fool's Gold" |
| 1968 | The Outcasts | Lieutenant | Episode: "The Night Riders" |
| 1969 | Gunsmoke | Young | Episode: "Twisted Heritage" |
| 1970 | Here Come the Brides | Eben | Episode: "The Last Winter" |
| 1970 | Dan August | Lester Mzarek | Episode: "In the Eyes of God" |
| 1970 | Mission: Impossible | Stefan | Episode: "Decoy" |
| 1970, 1974 | Mannix | Ed Pryor / Paul Russell | 2 episodes |
| 1971 | The Bill Cosby Show | Mr. Thomas | Episode: "The Barber Shop" |
| 1971 | Black Noon | Towhead | Television film |
| 1971 | Night Gallery | Eliot Blackman | Episode: "Pickman's Model" |
| 1971 | Monty Nash | Brother Zachary | Episode: "Brother Zachary" |
| 1971–1973 | Ironside | Various roles | 3 episodes |
| 1971–1976 | Cannon | Various roles | 3 episodes |
| 1972 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Anton Styrokowski (Sandy) | Episode: "Baby Sit-Com" |
| 1972 | Love, American Style | Harold / Lester | Episode: "Love and the Sensuous Twin" |
| 1972 | Search | Air Reservationist | Episode: "Moonrock" |
| 1972 | Emergency! | Mr. Bodine | Episode: "Women" |
| 1973 | Ghost Story | The Doctor | Episode: "Death's Head" |
| 1973 | The F.B.I. | Carney | Episode: "Memory of a Legend" |
| 1973 | Me | Rick | Television film |
| 1973 | Roll Out | Sgt. Briggs | Episode: "No Wages: All Fear" |
| 1974 | The Morning After | Dr. Emmett | Television film |
| 1974 | Kojak | Simon Hecht | Episode: "The Only Way Out" |
| 1974 | The Streets of San Francisco | Dr. Benjamin Blakely | Episode: "I Ain't Marchin' Anymore" |
| 1974 | Trapped Beneath the Sea | Sam Wallants | Television film |
| 1974, 1976 | Columbo | Wayne Taylor / Dr. MacMurray | 2 episodes |
| 1974–1979 | The Rockford Files | Various roles | 4 episodes |
| 1974–1980 | Barnaby Jones | Various roles | 4 episodes |
| 1975 | The Night That Panicked America | Howard Koch | Television film |
| 1975 | Matt Helm | Bub Stuart | Episode: "Murder on the Run" |
| 1976 | Petrocelli | Paul Andrews | Episode: "Any Number Can Die" |
| 1976 | City of Angels | Duncan | Episode: "The Parting Shot" |
| 1976 | Spencer's Pilots | Bill Kelly | Episode: "The Crop Duster" |
| 1976 | The Blue Knight | Sgt. Rainey | 2 episodes |
| 1976, 1981 | Insight | Jim / Walter | 2 episodes |
| 1977 | Switch | Stafford Hayes | Episode: "The Snitch" |
| 1977 | Man from Atlantis | Dr. Doug Berkley | Episode: "Man from Atlantis" |
| 1977 | Starsky & Hutch | Jerry Tabor | Episode: "Long Walk Down a Short Dirt Road" |
| 1977 | Future Cop | Andrew | Episode: "The Kansas City Kid" |
| 1977 | The Feather and Father Gang | Washington | Episode: "The Judas Bug" |
| 1977 | Rafferty | Robert Cardler | Episode: "The Epidemic" |
| 1977 | Visions | Dr. Rosen | Episode: "The Dancing Bear" |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Jack Plymouth | Episode: "Lost and Found/The Understudy/Married Singles" |
| 1977 | Hunter | Pohlman | Episode: "U.F.M. 13" |
| 1977, 1978 | Little House on the Prairie | Adam Simms | 2 episodes |
| 1978 | Hawaii Five-O | Joe Boyd | Episode: "When Does a War End?" |
| 1978 | Killing Stone | Harold Rizzi | Television film |
| 1978 | Maneaters Are Loose! | Tom Purcell | Television film |
| 1978 | Dallas | Peter Larson | Episode: "Election" |
| 1978, 1980 | CHiPs | Arthur Holmes / Benson | 2 episodes |
| 1979 | Married: The First Year | Michael Huffman | Episode: "The Married Machine" |
| 1979 | Salem's Lot | Ted Petrie | 2 episodes |
| 1979 | M*A*S*H | Jack Scully | 3 episodes |
| 1979, 1984 | Hart to Hart | Dan Wilmott / Paul Villon | 2 episodes |
| 1981 | Eight Is Enough | Walt Liebowitz | Episode: "Goals" |
| 1981 | Behind the Screen | Gerry Holmby | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 1982 | Bret Maverick | Busted Bill Sharples | Episode: "Dateline: Sweetwater" |
| 1982 | Knots Landing | Larry Wilson | 2 episodes |
| 1982 | The Fall Guy | Director | Episode: "Three for the Road" |
| 1982 | To Climb a Mountain | John Novak | Television film |
| 1982 | Magnum, P.I. | Keeler | Episode: "Foiled Again" |
| 1982 | Wait Until Dark | Mike Talman | Television film |
| 1983 | The Powers of Matthew Star | Martin Ragland | Episode: "36 Hours" |
| 1983 | Secrets of a Mother and Daughter | Barry | Television film |
| 1983 | The A-Team | Jim Baker | Episode: "The White Ballot" |
| 1984 | Riptide | Dr. Robert Atkins | Episode: "The Hardcase" |
| 1984 | Gone Are the Dayes | Fred Cooper | Television film |
| 1985 | Crazy Like a Fox | Colonel Glendon | Episode: "The Geronimo Machine" |
| 1985 | Wildside | Pike | Episode: "Delinquency of a Miner" |
| 1986 | St. Elsewhere | Dr. Bond Stevens | Episode: "Out on a Limb" |
| 1986 | News at Eleven | Martin Kent | Television film |
| 1986 | The Deliberate Stranger | Prosecutor | Miniseries |
| 1986 | Matlock | Dave Edwards | Episode: "The Seduction" |
| 1986 | The Magical World of Disney | Sam the Vet | Episode: "The Thanksgiving Promise" |
| 1987 | Starman | Wayne Geffner | 2 episodes |
| 1987 | J.J. Starbuck | Billy | Episode: "First You've Got to Go to the Picnic" |
| 1987 | The Law & Harry McGraw | Metzger | Episode: "Yankee Boodle Dandy" |
| 1989 | Highway to Heaven | Caz | Episode: "Summer Camp" |
| 1989 | L.A. Law | Dr. Gregory Stark | Episode: "Lie Down and Deliver" |
| 1992 | Lucky Luke | Mr. Farley | Episode: "Chi è Mr. Josephs?" |
| 2001 | Touched by an Angel | Harry | Episode: "Thief of Hearts" |
| 2005 | Into the West | Gen. Wm. Sherman | Episode: "Hell on Wheels" |
| 2006 | The Lost Room | Art O'Dougherty | Episode: "The Comb and the Box" |
| 2008 | Wildfire | Dr. Ronald | 2 episodes |